The prophet Ezekiel was active from 597-587 during the time of the Babylonian conquest. At the time of the writing, Babylon was a leading political power as a nation and one action of theirs was to exile the people of Judea in order to keep a tighter grip on their power. As the exile went on, Jerusalem and the Temple in the city were destroyed with the Judean people still in exile with little hope …showed first 75 words of 1148 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1148 total…a united Israel that will be ruled by one king. Under these circumstances, full restoration will be realized as there will be law-abiding living occurring in the promised land under a king descended from the line of David in a covenant of eternal peace. While most Christians understand the passage of the dry bones prophesy in a metaphorical sense, the passage does have some political merit today when one thinks about Israel's claim to Palestine.